by Rich Wandschneider | Aug 18, 2022 | Bobbie Conner, John Wayne, Marlon Brando, pope francis, Sacheen Littlefeather
From yesterday’s New York Times: “The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has apologized to Sacheen Littlefeather, an Apache and Yaqui actress and activist who was booed onstage at the Oscars in 1973 after she refused the best actor award on behalf of Marlon...
by Rich Wandschneider | Jul 21, 2017 | Alvin Josephy, Boldt decision, Indian treaties, Marlon Brando, Northwest fish wars, Standing Rock
Alvin Josephy told me once that liberals just didn’t get it with Indians. In the sixties, after legislative victories on voting and discrimination issues, some liberals, according to Alvin, were ready to “move on to Indians.” But when they took their good...